today on inside politics, exclusive new cnn reporting about an immunity deal for a fake bear of electors. new details that make clear the trump special counsel s january 6th investigation is picking up speed. plus, joe biden hardly ever says it, donald trump wants to steer clear of it. mike pence wants to put every single republican on record about it. one year after dobbs erased roe, abortion is front and center in the 2024 campaign. and damning if true, accusations against the justice department. irs whistleblowers bullet point how they say the do j block ed the hunter biden investigation at every turn. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, jack smith plays hardball. cnn s new exclusive reporting
of abortion had anything to do with it. yeah, he pushes back on it, but the data disproves that in a lot, not all of the cases in all of the races, but in a lot of them. it will remain to be seen whether his he doesn t really have the clout, honestly, to pressure other members of the republican field to take this kind of commitment. we ll have to see how the right reacts. because mike pence has always been here, let s be real. this is mike pence. and whether or not, whatever happens with roe v. wade, with the rest of the republican field, this is where pence has always been on this issue. whether we see in the republican field feel pressured by the right to do that, that s fine, but him doubling down on this issue, this is about the republican primary, but if he won the republican primary, this is where he would be in a general too. fair, but he also has not been his own candidate for president ever. and he is trying to make headway and trying to pressure people, particularly i
their strategy. north carolina is a state that is home to a 12-week abortion ban which republican legislators pushed through despite a democratic governor vetoing it. and advisers i have talked to have stressed they feel they could flip north carolina back to the democratic column because they believe abortion will be an animating issue there. they think it will be a motivating issue across the country, trying to replicate what they saw with how abortion helped drive out voters during the midterm elections. they re hoping they can do that again in 2024. so interesting, what the strategy is is so often illuminated by where candidates and politicians go. thanks for that reporting, arlette. and mike pence is trying to carve a line in the 2024 gop sand. the former vice president is calling on his fellow republican presidential candidates to support a 15-week national abortion ban. pence addressed the annual faith and freedom conference earlier today.
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about these different events, but it talks to you about the complexity of even campaign finance now being a part of it. three brilliant legal minds at one table. at dana bash s table. again, not a lawyer, but we all play them on tv. it s been a year since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, and abortion looms larger than ever as a campaign issue on both sides of the debate. up next, who is saying what. with two max-strtrength pain relievers, so you can rise from pain likeke a pro. icy hot pro. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the mers of nyquil. whenever you re hungry, the s a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that s a deal